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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Slow Cooker Chili (GAPS-legal : primal)

This chili recipe is a great mix of meat, beans, and plenty of veggies. It gets thrown together early in the day, and by dinner time it is ready. We like to top it with cheese, sour cream, and fresh avocado, but it is also great without any garnish at all. This recipe is loved by adults and kids-alike in our house.

Slow Cooker ChiliServes 6-8

8 oz dried white navy beans, soaked 12-24 hours in filtered water with a sprinkle of baking soda, then rinsed well and drained

OPTIONAL for spiciness (I leave these out since the kids don't like spicy food): 1-2 chopped jalapenos (you can use a small spoon to scrape out the seeds, and some of the spiciness will go with them; don't touch the inside with your fingers or they will burn for days!)

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Mmmm I love chili!! I haven't made any in a while either and have used up all my reserves from the freezer. I guess I better start making some more! This recipe looks really yummy too. I love adding anaheim peppers and my secret indredient, smoked paprika. I also love using kidney beans and black beans. Okay, it hasn't even been that long since lunch, and I am hungry again!

That sounds delicious, Laura. I used to use a combination of kidney beans and pinto beans pre-GAPS (of course, now we can only use white beans, but they are still super tasty). Mmmm, I used to make a black bean soup with green chilies too. Now I'm hungry too!

I don't know why, but every time I try to use the Print Friendly to print one of your recipes, the ingredient lists do not print, just the directions. No clue why, since the intro to the post prints just fine.

I believe it says so in the GAPS book, although my book has been leant to a friend so I can't double-check. You can also see on this list that only white navy beans are on the recommended food list, and all others are on the avoid list.http://www.gutandpsychologysyndrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/GAPS-Diet-Foods.pdf

Originally I had a Crock-Pot; after many years and many uses, the liner cracked. Now I have a Hamilton Beach. They definitely cook differently, because with a Crock-Pot, the temperature it reaches in the same whether set on Low or High, it just takes much longer to reach that temperature on Low. With my current Hamilton Beach slow cooker, the Low setting is a lower temperature that just gives the merest trace of a simmer, while the High setting gets a full boil going.

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